Problem with accessing stable git over http

Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Richard MUSIL]

For some reason I cannot access stable kernel git branches over http
since version 2.6.23.y.

HTTP access is working for 2.6.22.y
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git)
- I can fetch from it. It is also working for Linus' dev branch
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git)
which I clone.
But for stable 2.6.23.y and 2.6.24.y, when I try fetch, I get in particular:

HTTP GET
http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git/info/refs
HTTP/1.1
HTTP HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found (text/html)

I am behind proxy and firewall and I cannot use git protocol.

Does anyone know, what might be a problem? It kind of makes the sources
unreachable for me :(.

Thanks,
Richard

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Willy Tarreau]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:35:16AM +0100, Richard MUSIL wrote:
> For some reason I cannot access stable kernel git branches over http
> since version 2.6.23.y.
> 
> HTTP access is working for 2.6.22.y
> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git)
> - I can fetch from it. It is also working for Linus' dev branch
> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git)
> which I clone.
> But for stable 2.6.23.y and 2.6.24.y, when I try fetch, I get in particular:
> 
> HTTP GET
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git/info/refs
> HTTP/1.1
> HTTP HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found (text/html)
> 
> I am behind proxy and firewall and I cannot use git protocol.
> 
> Does anyone know, what might be a problem? It kind of makes the sources
> unreachable for me :(.

what version of git are you using ? Those files indeed do not exist in
either repository, so it would be good to find why git tries to fetch
them.

> Thanks,
> Richard

regards,
Willy

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Richard MUSIL]

On 4.4.2008 7:07, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:35:16AM +0100, Richard MUSIL wrote:
>> For some reason I cannot access stable kernel git branches over http
>> since version 2.6.23.y.
>>
>> HTTP access is working for 2.6.22.y
>> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git)
>> - I can fetch from it. It is also working for Linus' dev branch
>> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git)
>> which I clone.
>> But for stable 2.6.23.y and 2.6.24.y, when I try fetch, I get in particular:
>>
>> HTTP GET
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git/info/refs
>> HTTP/1.1
>> HTTP HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found (text/html)
>>
>> I am behind proxy and firewall and I cannot use git protocol.
>>
>> Does anyone know, what might be a problem? It kind of makes the sources
>> unreachable for me :(.
> 
> what version of git are you using ? Those files indeed do not exist in
> either repository, so it would be good to find why git tries to fetch
> them.

I am usually using latest version compiled on gentoo from ~x86
(currently it is 1.5.4.5).

Interestingly those files exist for linux-2.6.22.y, i.e. accessing
http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git/info/refs
gives something and that is probably why I can fetch from 2.6.22.y branch.

Why git tries to access it is something beyond my understanding, I guess
it is the way http access works.

But I wonder, why the similar file is not present on 2.6.23.y and
2.6.24.y branch. My git config for project looks like this:

> [core]
>         repositoryformatversion = 0
>         filemode = true
>         bare = false
>         logallrefupdates = true
> [remote "origin"]
>         url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> [branch "master"]
>         remote = origin
>         merge = refs/heads/master
> [remote "linux-2.6.22.y"]
>         url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git
>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-2.6.22.y/*
> [remote "linux-2.6.24.y"]
>         url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git
>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-2.6.24.y/*

So there is clearly discrepancy between those two on the server, but
whether this is a bug or intentional I do not know.

Richard

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Richard MUSIL]

Just to give an update on the topic. I tried to clone stable 2.6.24.y
branch and got a bit more info then on fetch:

> rmusil@prglx09 ~ $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git linux-2.6.24.y
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rmusil/linux-2.6.24.y/.git/
> Cannot get remote repository information.
> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
> rmusil@prglx09 ~ $

This is from machine which is behind proxy, but I tried it from another
one, which has direct access and got exactly the same output.
Is it possible that perhaps git-update-server-info should be run there?
Who is responsible for the repository maintenance?
So far it looks like the http access is simply not set up on the repo,
even though it is advertised on project web page.

Greg, could you help me with this?

Richard

On 4.4.2008 10:29, Richard Musil wrote:
> On 4.4.2008 7:07, Willy Tarreau wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:35:16AM +0100, Richard MUSIL wrote:
>>> For some reason I cannot access stable kernel git branches over http
>>> since version 2.6.23.y.
>>>
>>> HTTP access is working for 2.6.22.y
>>> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git)
>>> - I can fetch from it. It is also working for Linus' dev branch
>>> (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git)
>>> which I clone.
>>> But for stable 2.6.23.y and 2.6.24.y, when I try fetch, I get in particular:
>>>
>>> HTTP GET
>>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git/info/refs
>>> HTTP/1.1
>>> HTTP HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found (text/html)
>>>
>>> I am behind proxy and firewall and I cannot use git protocol.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know, what might be a problem? It kind of makes the sources
>>> unreachable for me :(.
>> what version of git are you using ? Those files indeed do not exist in
>> either repository, so it would be good to find why git tries to fetch
>> them.
> 
> I am usually using latest version compiled on gentoo from ~x86
> (currently it is 1.5.4.5).
> 
> Interestingly those files exist for linux-2.6.22.y, i.e. accessing
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git/info/refs
> gives something and that is probably why I can fetch from 2.6.22.y branch.
> 
> Why git tries to access it is something beyond my understanding, I guess
> it is the way http access works.
> 
> But I wonder, why the similar file is not present on 2.6.23.y and
> 2.6.24.y branch. My git config for project looks like this:
> 
>> [core]
>>         repositoryformatversion = 0
>>         filemode = true
>>         bare = false
>>         logallrefupdates = true
>> [remote "origin"]
>>         url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
>> [branch "master"]
>>         remote = origin
>>         merge = refs/heads/master
>> [remote "linux-2.6.22.y"]
>>         url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git
>>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-2.6.22.y/*
>> [remote "linux-2.6.24.y"]
>>         url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git
>>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-2.6.24.y/*
> 
> So there is clearly discrepancy between those two on the server, but
> whether this is a bug or intentional I do not know.
> 
> Richard
> 

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:54:38PM +0200, Richard MUSIL wrote:
> Just to give an update on the topic. I tried to clone stable 2.6.24.y
> branch and got a bit more info then on fetch:
> 
> > rmusil@prglx09 ~ $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git linux-2.6.24.y
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rmusil/linux-2.6.24.y/.git/
> > Cannot get remote repository information.
> > Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
> > rmusil@prglx09 ~ $
> 
> This is from machine which is behind proxy, but I tried it from another
> one, which has direct access and got exactly the same output.
> Is it possible that perhaps git-update-server-info should be run there?
> Who is responsible for the repository maintenance?
> So far it looks like the http access is simply not set up on the repo,
> even though it is advertised on project web page.
> 
> Greg, could you help me with this?

I've now run git-update-server-info on that repo, let me know if that
solves the problem or not.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Richard MUSIL]

On 17.4.2008 23:28, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:54:38PM +0200, Richard MUSIL wrote:
>> Just to give an update on the topic. I tried to clone stable 2.6.24.y
>> branch and got a bit more info then on fetch:
>>
>>> rmusil@prglx09 ~ $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git linux-2.6.24.y
>>> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rmusil/linux-2.6.24.y/.git/
>>> Cannot get remote repository information.
>>> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
>>> rmusil@prglx09 ~ $
>> This is from machine which is behind proxy, but I tried it from another
>> one, which has direct access and got exactly the same output.
>> Is it possible that perhaps git-update-server-info should be run there?
>> Who is responsible for the repository maintenance?
>> So far it looks like the http access is simply not set up on the repo,
>> even though it is advertised on project web page.
>>
>> Greg, could you help me with this?
> 
> I've now run git-update-server-info on that repo, let me know if that
> solves the problem or not.

Thanks, this seems has solved the problem. Now, I can fetch from stable
branch over http without any problems.

Richard

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Richard MUSIL]

Hello Greg,

it seems git-update-server-info should be run regularly, because it
looks like right now I am stuck at v2.6.24.4 and I cannot get anything
from 2.6.25.y stable branch - the time you probably run it.
Could you please fix it?

Richard

On 17.4.2008 23:28, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:54:38PM +0200, Richard MUSIL wrote:
>> Just to give an update on the topic. I tried to clone stable 2.6.24.y
>> branch and got a bit more info then on fetch:
>>
>>> rmusil@prglx09 ~ $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git linux-2.6.24.y
>>> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rmusil/linux-2.6.24.y/.git/
>>> Cannot get remote repository information.
>>> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
>>> rmusil@prglx09 ~ $
>> This is from machine which is behind proxy, but I tried it from another
>> one, which has direct access and got exactly the same output.
>> Is it possible that perhaps git-update-server-info should be run there?
>> Who is responsible for the repository maintenance?
>> So far it looks like the http access is simply not set up on the repo,
>> even though it is advertised on project web page.
>>
>> Greg, could you help me with this?
> 
> I've now run git-update-server-info on that repo, let me know if that
> solves the problem or not.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

Re: Problem with accessing stable git over http

[Greg KH]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Richard MUSIL wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> it seems git-update-server-info should be run regularly, because it
> looks like right now I am stuck at v2.6.24.4 and I cannot get anything
> from 2.6.25.y stable branch - the time you probably run it.
> Could you please fix it?

It should now work, sorry about this.

greg k-h